Saturday, October 31, 2009

One of Diana's good friends, Lauren has been in the hospital since yesterday. She's currently in the ICU and probably will be for a while. She went in with a UTI, a kidney infection, and influenza type A. They are pretty sure the influenza is going to turn out to be H1N1 so they've started treating for it. Her platelet count is also very low and there is a problem with her white and red blood cells. She's stable right now and Diana is with her but she doesn't stay that way. At this point all they can do is try to keep her comfortable while they wait for test results. I visited this evening and asked her nurse what she thought it was, she was very honest and said she had no idea. There are already a lot of people praying for her, and she's being very strong considering where she is, but more prayer never hurt anything.

Her kids are staying with Diana and I for now. She and her husband were supposed to move out of their apartment tomorrow and he's begun working on that. His unit is going to help him move everything tomorrow, so we're watching the kids so he can take care of that.

I'll post updates as we know more, but there hasn't been much news since yesterday. We just ask for prayer, not knowing is the hardest part but even if we did there isn't anything we could do, it's all in God's hands and we need to ask him to guide her and her family though this.

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Hi Jesse: Thanks for the the updateand whats going on with Diana'sfriend. We will all pray for herand her family that God will seethem through all this and we prayfor a recovery. Our thoughts,prayers, and hearts are with you all.Love always and all ways.

Hi Jesse. It's difficult to be so sick and NOT know what the exact problem is. I spent four days at the hospital with Nana and Roy last week. There are a lot of really sick folk everywhere! Roy was sent home and they are just monitoring his pneumonia. He's a tough and healthy old gentleman!